• Sony α mount

        YES

      • All types of Sony α lenses

        YES

      • Size (mm)

        23.5 x 15.6mm (APS-C size)

      • Image sensor colour filter

        R, G, B, Primary color

      • Image sensor type

        CMOS Sensor

      • ISO Sensitivity Setting

        ISO100 - 16000 equivalent

      • White balance bracketing

        3 frames, Selectable 2 steps

      • Automatic White Balance

        YES

      • Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)

        Approx. 16.7

      • White balance: types of color temperature

        2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)

      • White balance: preset selection

        Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent / Flash / Custom

      • White balance: custom setting

        YES

      • Effective Pixels (megapixels)

        Approx. 16.1

      • System: Sensor-shift mechanism

        YES

      • Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)

        NO

      • SteadyShot INSIDE capability

        Approx. 2.5 EV - 4.5 EV decrease in shutter speed (varies according to shooting conditions and lens used)

      • SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility

        All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta

      • SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)

        NO

      • Charge protection coating on Low-Pass Filter and electromagnetic vibration mechanism

        YES

      • AF Area: Local focus area selection

        YES (auto with 15 areas)

      • Predictive Focus Control

        YES

      • AF Area: Spot

        YES

      • AF Illuminator range (meters)

        Approx. 1-5

      • AF Illuminator

        YES (built-in)

      • Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV

        -1 to 18

      • TTL phase-detection system

        YES

      • Contrast AF system

        NO

      • Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)

        YES

      • AF Area: Flexible Spot

        NO

      • AF Modes

        Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF

      • AF Area: Wide focus area

        YES (auto with 15 areas)

      • Sensor

        15 points (3 points cross type)

      • Focus Lock

        YES

      • AF Area: Multi Point

        NO

      • AF Area: Center Weighted

        NO

      • Light metering type

        1200-zone evaluative metering

      • Light metering: Center weighted

        YES

      • Exposure compensation

        YES, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)

      • Anti Motion Blur

        NO

      • Exposure: Scene selection

        YES

      • Exposure: Aperture priority

        YES

      • Exposure: Manual

        YES

      • Exposure: Automatic

        YES

      • Exposure: iAUTO

        YES

      • Exposure: Program Auto

        YES

      • Light metering: Multi segment

        YES

      • Sweep Panorama

        YES (2D, 3D)

      • AE Bracketing

        With 1/3EV, 2/3EV increments, 3 frames

      • Exposure: Shutter priority

        YES

      • Exposure: AUTO+

        YES

      • AE Lock

        YES

      • Light metering: Spot

        YES

      • Light metering cell

        Exmor™ CMOS Sensor

      • Shutter Speed Range (seconds)

        1/4000 - 30 and bulb

      • Flash Sync Speed; second

        1/160

      • Type

        Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type

      • Flash Popup

        Auto

      • Flash Metering System

        ADI / Pre-flash TTL

      • Wireless flash mode

        YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)

      • Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)

        10

      • Flash Compensation

        +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)

      • Red-Eye Reduction

        YES

      • Flash Mode

        Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction

      • Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)

        3

      • Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)

        1.04x

      • Eye Relief

        Approx. 25.2mm from the Eyepiece lens

      • Focusing Screen

        NO

      • Diopter Adjustment

        -4.0 to +3.0 diopter

      • Field of View (%)

        100

      • Type

        Electronic

      • Live View

        YES

      • Tilting screen

        YES

      • LCD Total Dot Number

        921600

      • Brightness adjustable

        YES

      • Monitor Type

        TFT

      • Screen Size

        7.5cm / 3" Wide

      • Rotating screen

        YES

      • Recording Format

        JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), 3D still image MPO (MPF Extended stereovision compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG

      • Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)

        max. 12 fps

      • Drive Mode

        Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket, DRO bracket)

      • Video Compression

        AVCHD Ver. 2.0 compliant / MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)

      • Movie recording mode - MP4

        1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, 12Mbps(Average bit-rate)

      • Color mode/DEC/Creative styles

        Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Saturation, Sharpness

      • Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)

        Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)

      • Still Image quality

        RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard

      • Movie Recording Format

        AVCHD / MP4

      • 3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)

        Wide: 7152 x 1080 (7.7M), Standard: 4912 x 1080 (5.3M), 16:9: 1920 x 1080 (2.1M)

      • Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)

        On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second, YES

      • Recording Media

        Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards

      • Image Size M (pixels)

        3568 x 2368 (8.4M)

      • Dynamic Range Optimizer

        Off, Auto

      • Audio recording Format

        Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch

      • Number of Continuous Advance

        Fine: 23 images/Standard: 25 images/RAW & JPEG: 18 images/RAW: 21 images

      • Movie recording mode - AVCHD

        1920 x 1080 (50p recording, 28 Mbps, 50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps, 25p 12 Mbps)

      • Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)

        4912 x 3264 (16M)

      • Image Size S (pixels)

        2448 x 1624 (4.0M)

      • Color Space (sRGB)

        YES

      • White/Black Out Alert

        YES

      • Index Playback

        YES

      • Enlarge (Maximum magnification)

        L size: 13.6x, M size: 9.9x, S size: 6.8x

      • Auto Image Rotation

        YES

      • Image Rotation

        YES

      • Depth-of-Field Preview

        YES

      • Folder Name Mode

        Standard and Date

      • DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)

        YES

      • Zone Matching

        NO

      • Beep Sound

        On/Off selectable

      • Remote Release Terminal

        YES

      • Operating Temperature (degrees C)

        0 - 40

      • IR Remote Control

        YES

      • InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator

        YES

      • File Number Memory

        On/Off selectable

      • PRINT Image Matching III

        YES

      • Indicator of remaining memory space

        YES

      • PictBridge

        NO

      • Histogram Indicator

        YES

      • Exif Print

        YES

      • Exif

        YES

      • HD/HDMI® Out

        YES

      • USB Mode

        Mass-storage, MTP

      • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

        YES

      • Video Out

        NO

      • Battery System

        NP-FM500H

      • Weight (g) (Body only)

        Approx. 539

      • Supplied Battery

        NP-FM500H

      • Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)

        Approx. 550 shots(Viewfinder) / approx. 590 shots(LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)

      • Height (mm)

        97.5

      • Width (mm)

        132.1

      • Depth (mm)

        80.7